English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 1541: Select the wrongly spelt word from the options below: Options:
  A) disappointed
  B) embarassed
  C) equipped
  D) rhythm
  E) restaurant
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1542:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:

  The boss made a clean sweep of all old hands in the office

  Options:
  A) completely got rid
  B) cleanly swept the office
  C) made a quick change
  D) made an adjustment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1543:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  When he was knocked on the head, he fell to the ground _____

  Options:
  A) collapsed
  B) fainted
  C) unconscious
  D) conscious
  E) noisily
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1544: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.There are several _____. in the farmyard? Options:
  A) sheep
  B) ewe
  C) lamb
  D) goat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1545:

  Answer the following question below , the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  The ACCOUNTANT paid the workers' July salary in September.

  Options:
  A) when were the workers paid?
  B) did the cashier pay the workers' salary in September
  C) workers received their july salary in September
  D) the September salary was paid in July?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1546:

  As the stranger approached, shola noticed that he was handsome and her excitement increased. It was of such a man she had dreamt. He had fine, arrogant carriage, like a soldier or someone in authority. When he reached the end of the pier, he addressed them in a rich, deep voice that disturbed her as the voluptuous rising of the tide had gone.

  ‘You’re Tunde Onu, I’m told’, he said to her father.

  ‘That’s right, said her father.

  ‘The bus conductor told me you take people to the islands’, the man continued. I’d like to go there if you can take me.

  Her father examined the man from head to foot, shrewdly measuring his capacity to pay. Then he said:

  ‘When were you thinking of going?’

  ‘Right away’.

  ‘That’s different story, for my boatman is gone to Badagry and he won’t be back before nightfall.

  ‘Oh!’ said the stranger. That’s too bad. You couldn’t get someone else instead of him?

  ‘I would have to think hard’, he said gloomily, for its not everyone would do for the job of going with me beyond the bay to the islands at this time of the year.

  Shola understood her father’s manoeuvre and felt ashamed.

  'Manoeuvre' in the passage means Options:
  A) shrewdness
  B) cleverness
  C) stupidity
  D) strategy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1547:

  For this question, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  It is Iudicrous to suggest that she was a government agent.

  Options:
  A) odd
  B) exciting
  C) farcical
  D) sensible
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1548:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  This event was a watershed in the company.

  Options:
  A) landmark
  B) blot
  C) publicity
  D) stain
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1549:

  From the list of words letter A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.

  Eating fresh fruits and vegetables is beneficial to one's health while eating processed foods is ......

  Options:
  A) worrying
  B) painful
  C) tasteless
  D) harmful
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1550:

  Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

  Now that Michael has become rich, Nancy has begun to make much of him. This means _____.

  Options:
  A) now values Michael
  B) now gets a lot of money from Michael
  C) only recently married Michael
  D) no longer wants to leave Michael
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  The correct answer is A .